1993 VF2 alarm 249

Reset cleared that alarm and I ran another part fine, will keep going.

Yesterday it went on strike twice, no alarm code it just stops working. The display still says "running", but the control is dead. I call this the "running alarm", it happens from time to time, for no apparent reason. The recovery is power off the control and restart, which is a PITA but it will run fine after I do that.

Basically I am wondering if clearing out the memory and reloading programs might help, or if it's a board on it's last legs, which is kind of what I am thinking. Old machine, so I'm not going to throw a bunch of money at it, just not worth it.

An alarm every now and then doesn't really bother me too much on this machine- I know one day I will come in and hit the button and nothing will happen, it's just a matter of time. But when I see a new code I worry a little more than usual.

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